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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-24
ROCK ISLAND.

Oate-26t-
Hay-Timothy-S11 coo El4. 90
Hay-Wild-Sg.0a0 90
Rye SIC.
Corn -40c
Potatoes-15c
Coal-Soft lie hard % 0
Cord Wood - Oak, $4.25; Hickory, s..
Straw $500: baled $7.00.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-24
aQCE lsLtll + PR0RIb
RAJT.W A Y.
SHORTY RnrTE rHy
EAST AND SOUTH
AND SOUTHEAST.

Trains leave Rock Island
eaNs m Way Freight.
N Fast Express
9oa n m Nail and Express
us Through Fre'Pht and Accommodation
Gable Branch-Msil 9:t0 a m Accommodation
400p. IN.
Trains arrive at Rock Island:
9nss. N. Through Freight and Accommodation
1902 M Nail and Express.
R2n " Fast Express.
tna " WAY Freight.
Cable Branch-Mail 100 p. m. Accommodation
500 ., m.
The FAsT EXPRESS. leaving Rock is'snd sts2
a m arrives at Peora II so p m Indianapolis
9 70 pm Springfield g 50 m. Danville 8 - m,
Alton SIS pm Terre Haute Il m. st. Inuis
745pm Evansville % . m, columbus 4 70 m.
Nsshville T.t5am. Making cluse connections at
iunr ion points for all eastern southern and south
eastern cities.
The mail and express leaving Rock island at
9A p m arrives AT Peoria m. Louisville
g m, Decatur ~ m, TPrre Hante IN
M Dsuville 10 ~ m Evansville OILS m, in
Cinnati IS a m. Nashville : IS m.
Express trains arr i've at and depart from UNION
DEPOT. PEORIA. making close connections with
fast trains on all roads diverging.
aFAST TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS. and
ates SO low as BY any other route.
The Is p. m. Accommodation leaves every de,
except annfav.
Fl, 3. SUDLOW. R. ST0CKH0USE,
nperinendent Gem Tkt Agt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-24
Trains Leave for Chicago.
BURLINGTON 4 Quincy.

epot, Moline Avenue.
J. r. COOK. Agent. Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-24

Way Fret NJ tMonm hi 4:IN A. N.b 1:4H P. D
Way Freight (Sterlin ! 500 A NIB s:40P NIB
gpaiy Daily Sunday d Daily ex. Monday
MI. Young, Agent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
ORIGIN OF PHRASES.
"Cut Dido" "Gone to Pot" Done to
Turn" and the Like.

"Cut Dido" "Gone to Pot" Done to
Turn" and the Like.
There is probably more of the poetry of
tradition than truth of history in the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Christian I'M
ION:
Dido, Queen of Tyre, about seven centu-
ries before Christ, after her husband had
been put to death by her brother, fed from
that city and established colony on the
north coast of Africa. Having bargained
with the natives for as much land as could
be surrounded with bulls hide, she cut
the hide inso narrow strips, tied them to-
gether, and claimed the land that could be
surrounded with the line thus made. She
was allowed to have her way, and now,
when one plays sharp trick he is said to
'cut dido"
A tailor of Samarcand, Asia, who lived
on a street leading to the burying ground,
kept near his shop an earthen pot, in which
he was accustomed to deposit pebble
whenever body was carried to its final
resting place. Finally the tailor died, and
seeing the shop deserted person inquired
what had become of its former occupant
He has gone to pot himself" was the reply
by one of the deceased's neighbors
During a battle between the Russians and
Tartars, a private soldier of the former
cried out: Captain, I've caught Tartar. "
Bring him along,N said the officer. He
won't let me, was the response. lnvestiga-
ton proved that the captive had the captor
by the arm, and would not allow him to
move. So Catching a Tartar" is applca-
BILE to one who has found an antagonist too
powerful tor him.
While lying on the gridiron over slow
fire, st. Lawrence-in whose honor the Es-
curial was built by Philip H.-Said to the
Emperor, who was watching his sufferings:
"ASsutus est; jam rerSG ct mGndltcG,
which one translator, not quite literally,
but appreciatively of the grim humor char
acterizing the original, rendered:
This side enough is toasted,
Then turn me, tyrant, and eat;
And see whether raw or roasted
am the better meat"
Hence 'Done to turn"
Formerly III London when a small dealer
bought bread of the baker, for every dozen
loaves purchased he was given an extra loaf
as his profit, from which circumstances "a
bakers dozen" signifies thirteen. Various
origins have been assigned the phrase, but
the above is the only one that is based on a
sure foundation.
In a work, Essays from the Desk of Poor
Robert, the Scribe,n published in 1915, the
author, c. Miner, tells the story of a boy
who, by the offer of liberal compensation
was induced to turn grindstone for a man
who desired to sharpen his ak. The
promised compensation was never paid,
and of one who DISCUSSES his own selfish
aims under an appearance of generosity or
disinterestdness it is remarked He had an
ak to grindn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11

man, even under fair sailing, and espe-
clally 10 one who had been made the target
OF abuse North and South during the war
and from all sorts of people. AS Gen.
Cameron related the incident, it seems that
Butler himself thought of the possibility of
such suggestion, for he answered without
the least hesitation, going at once to the
meat of the question.
NO" he said, II do not believe that any
man who can fight ought at this time to
leave the army to accept civil position for
which there are many other men amply
fitted" At that time Gen Butler regarded his
military reputation as the main thing in his
career. He supposed himself to be in good
standing with the President, with Congress
and with the loyal people of the North, and
had ambitions for himself which entitled
him certainly to great praise Gen. Cam
eron returned to Washington and delivered
Buffers answer to Mr.. Lincoln, who was
greatly disappointed. 1t was after this that
the name of Andrew Johnson who had
been Governor of Tennessee, was taken
up. The difference between the two small
words yes and mo- was all that stood be-
tween Buffers becoming President, for as
the year rolled round and the war closed,
and the Presidents life became the forfeit
paid to the fury of disloyalty, he would
have succeeded to the Presidency Imagina-
ton can only outline what Buffers admin
istration would have been. That it would
have been far different from Andrew John
sons no man can well doubt; that it would
have been exactly what Lincoln's would
have been no one can believe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
ANIMAL LONGEVITY.
An Elderly Tarantula and an Aged
Queen Ant.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
In an interesting communication read by
the Rev. DR.. H. c. McCook before the last
meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences
on the possibilities of prolonged life among
the lower orders of animals, an account was
given of the life history of fine specimen
of the spider, commonly known as the
American tarantuia. The animal was given
to him in 1882 by Dr. Joseph Leidy. 1t was
then apparently Is months or years old,
and it lived in captivity until July of the
present year. At the period of its
DEATH therefore, it must have been at
least z years old, and may have been s, hav-
ing thus attained the distinction OF being
the most aged spider known to science.
How long this species and other spiders gen.
orally live in their natural habitat is not
known, but human protection in tire present
instance probably aided to proiong life 1t
was kept first in glass globe and afterward
in a wooden box, with glazed sides and
sliding glass door at the top. One end was
filled with dry soil, which was slightly COM
pacted and heaped up; the other end was
sparsely covered with earth. 1t was at all
times literally supplied with water,
and its food consisted of live flies,
grasshoppers and locusts. During CON
finement the tarantula shed its skin
several times, process apparently attended
with some danger, as it was during such
change the creature died, and once before,
on a similar occasion, it was found ap-
parently dead, although it afterward re-
vived 1t is possible that it was too much
exhausted by long previous fasting to en-
dure the severe strain which evidently is
laid upon the organism in the act of mott
ing. The spring of 1887 was backward
one, and some difficulty was experienced in
procuring insects for food from the immedi-
ate neighborhood. The annual supply of
grasshoppers and locusts was very late, and
It may be that had the spider been strength
ened by few weeks generous feeding, pre-
vious to its last molt, it might have been
still alive.
In connection with the general subject of
the prolonged life of insects DIR. McCook
stated that during a recent visit to Sir John
Lubbock at his house in London he inquired
after xueen of the fuscous ant which he
had seen in an artificial formicary six
wears ago, it being then nearly years
old He was told by his host that it had
died the day before, having at the time
reached the wonderful age of more than l3
years. She was still attended by her circle
of courtiers Some OF these were licking
the dead queen or touching her with their
antennae and making other demonstrations
as though soliciting her attention or desir-
ing to wake her out of sleep. 1t was GER
tainly touching sight to witness these
faithful attendants surrounding the dead
body of one who had so long presided over
the maternal destinies of the colony, and
seeking by their careSses to evoke the atten-
ton which never again could respond to
their solicitations
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
THE LOWELL STATESMAN.
Ben Butler Might Have Become Presi-
dent in Andrew JohnSon's Place.

Ben Butler Might Have Become Presi-
dent in Andrew Johnson's Place.
Washington Letter to the Milwaukee Sentinel
Ben Butler might have been President of
the United States. The blue bloods of
Massachusetts secuted at the idea that he
would ever be Governor of their Common
wealth, but time, with its proverbial work
Ing of wonders, made that possible, and old
Ben marched out to Harvard at commence
ment as much the hero of the day as any
Governor of the old Bay State had ever
been. AT time when people were calling
nm Brute" and Beast" Butler, it seemed
ridiculous to suppose that he would ever
De President, and yet it is a positive
TACT that but for hie own refusal Ben Butler
would have occupied the White House.
ms, OF course, was not in 1884, when he
was an open and active candidate of the
Labor party. 1t was i'll the last days of
1908, when Lincoln desired a denomination
as sign of the peoples verdict appraising
MS administration. The managers of the
republican party had decided that Hanni-
oaI Haml1n was not to be the candidate
again for Vice President. Mr.. Stewards
name was out of the question, as it was not
supposed that he would accept
the Premier of Mr.. Lincoln's admins
tTration, as it was assured him that he
should remain through Lincoln's second
term, in case the President should be re-
elected. Other names were suggested, but
against each some objection was found On
all sides it was admitted that the party
would nominate any man whom Mr.. Lin
com might choose to be associated with him.
One day the President sent for Simon
cameron and said to him: II have special
mission for you. / want you q to go to
FORTRESS Monroe and ask Gen. Butler if he
VIII accept the nomination for the Vice
Presidency on the ticket with me. If he
VIII accept he shall have the place"
zen. Butler was then in command south
OF The James. Gen. Cameron went down
Ihe FotomPc at once and saw Butler. He
dellyered the Presidents message, together
with his own earnest entreaty that Gen.
Butler should become the candidate for
vice President, supporting the suggestion
with number Of very strong arguments.
vi course such a nomination would vindi-
cate Gen, Butler before the country and
answer all the ISLANDERS and criticisms that
mad been poured out on his name. 1t was
al exceedingly tempting proposition to any
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
NOBILITY IN TROUBLE.
A Young Man in Jail in Memphis
Whose Father s Sa.c. to be an Earl.
From the Memphis Avalanche.


From the Memphis AUdldnche.
A handsome young man, with blonde hair
and whiskers, lies in the county JAIL await
ing the result of his application for . new
trial ON three-years' sentence p; sell upon
him last week for picking the poe Of the
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Carroll of
more than $50 during the visit of the Pres
ident to Memphis.
The young mans name is Kenwood, or at
least that is the name he gave the police
who arrested him, and he is as bright and
wide awake citizen as has been within the
clutches of the law here for many a day.
He has maintained his self-possession
throughout, and has never betrayed the
slightest nervousness, though the proof was
almost dead against him from the begin
ming, and Judge DuBose publicly censured
the jury for bringing in so light a sentence.
Yesterday Gen. P. NJ. Turner, who de
Tended Kenwood. said: "He is the black
sheep of noble English family, and his
father is an earl whose name is known
throughout England. OF that | am con-
WINGED by proofs which / do not care to
make public. He has married sister living
in Toronto, Can, who is prominently iden-
titled with the Canadian government, and
it is with this family that we have had our
communications"
How was 1t brought about|
$50 soon as Kenwood found he was in
serious trouble, he asked that the fact be
telegraphed the Bank of Toronto, and said
he could get financial aid from that source.
did he receive replyW
Eyes, and very prompt one."
'How did it readn
ITO the effect that any amount of money
that might be necessary to secure bond for
Kenwuod would be forthcoming at once,
and l think that this at least establishes his
claim to wealthy relatives or friends,
whether they be titled ones or not"
After the receipt of this telegram Ken
woods attorneys appeared before the court
and asked to be allowed to deposit 81 800 in
cash for his release and as a bond for his ap-
pearance when next wanted for trial.
II will not take it, said Judge DuBose,
80 there's an end of the matter"
but your honor said che prisoners
counsel, Suppose he never comes back, the
81, 500 will be $500 year for his services,
which will be more than he viii be worth to
the State if forced to serve out the time for
which he has been sentenced"
81 don't care, replied Judge DuBose: mo
money will be taken a security by this
court If were to turn that man out on
81 800 forfeit he would steal five times that
amount from honest people in the same
length of time" And the son of an earl, or
whoever he may be, Will, in all likelihood,
serve his term as a common thief, in spite
of all his rich relations and influential
friends
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11

Pulling Teeth with Oxide Gas.
From a Neoo York Letter

1t was the first and only time that | ever
took nitrous-oxide-gas The next tooth out
will have been the second. The rubber bag
was attached | lay back in the chair COM
posed. The mouth piece was applied. The
first sensations of the gas were peculiarly
peculiar. You know how it is yourself
Completely under its influence, became an
immense bombshell, and was placed in one
of the largest of siege mortars. 1t was be-
fore Yorktown. The lanyard was pulled
and the mortar discharged with terrific,
to me, stunning report. The shell-that is
Twas fired aloft with the velocity of a
well oiled streak of lightning. | felt my
self flying through the heavens above.
The fuse burned. was not on starring
tour" but what goes up must come down.
| reached the highest possible altitude, and,
maxi q graceful curve prepared to de-
scend. was about to burst. | felt the fire
of the fuse as it burned down to the iron
shell. | was descending as rapidly as | had
gone up. Why did ] not burstl
Still downward, downward, down
ward rushed, until felt / should strike
the ground without bursting-a terrible
calamity. felt the fuse burn into the hole
in the iron shell and thought, "HuIrah !
Now / am going to burst" "No, I'll not
burst" "B1t | cannot help MYSELF ~
must burst Then feeling OF ~ don't
care - whether | burst or not" came
over me, and l did burst INTO smithereens,
with an intense feeling of relief as flew
into tid-bits and tenderloins. When was
relieved from the effect of the gas found
that the first pull the dentist had made he
pulled the whole crown of the tooth off.
That was when the mortar was discharged.
Then he cut around the roots, and felt the
sensation of soaring aloft. In the mean
time the fuse burned. Finally the dentist
affixed his instrument of torture, and with
one mighty effort severed my whole head
from the roots of the tooth. The shell burst.
The sensations were as real as though had
been living bombshell, and yet were not
unpleasant. There was feeling Of aban-
don about 1t all that was enjoyable. l ex-
perienced no i'll effect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
DRY GOODS.

public that he has reopened
ratonizd that became known
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
Don't You Know

That you cannot afford to neglect that
catarrhs Don't you know that it may lead
to consumption, to insanity, to death?
Don't you know that it can be easily curedi
Don't YOU know that while the thousand and
one nostrums you have tried have utterly
failed that DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a
certain cures II has stood the test of
years, and there arc hundreds of thousands
Of grateful men and women in all parts of
the country who can testify to its efficacy.
All druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
THE POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE.

Ehavens o
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RANGES, STOVES HoUsEFURNIsHNe GooDs, ETC
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-22

HE German game of ''Skat" is a Pc
cuhar one and must be absorbing as those
engaged in the play have never yet been
known to speak to an outsider while the
game is In progress. ManitOwoc has a
number of first class 'skat" players
though by no means all are German.
Gene" Sherman and John Barnes can
hold their own with the best of them and
RUDE Smart and John Arnold make good
second class men in the game. 10 Rank
ms clear brain and wonderful memory
made him king in this scientific game
with the paste boards.
Quite large number of the Germans
OF this city are excellent players. 1t is
the national game of cards and has en-
tirely superseded eucher with the better
classes. 1t is the only game of cards of
which person can learn nothing from
looking on. The conversation is wholly
mOnosyllabic and always refers to the
game.
At the 'skat" tournament in Milwau-
kee Manitowoc was represented by the
following persons: Fred Ostenfeldt, Emil
Ieitgen, John Franz, Ed Zander, Eugene
Sherman Charles Spindler l.. Kemper
and L. Kunz. None Of them won prize,
though Emil Teitgen's table played its
games in the shortest time,-one honr
and fifty five minutes.
hiel was represented by William
Brockert and L. c. Singlaub, neither of
whom won d prize.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-22
NEW YORK. STORE.


All wool, best quality double width, only 40c,,
worth 90 and Toe. a yard,
100 half wool White Blankets weight from 8
to 8 lbs pair, only $50 pair worth double
10000 yards remnants Heavy Sheeting, 3
cents a yard only.
One to five dollars can be saved on every
Beaver Shawl bought at the New York Store
Flannels and underwear are cheaper this
year than last. We have a large supply.
We are offering case of Curtain Scrim for
8 cents, a decided bargain.
If you would like to see a choice lot of 36
inch. wide dress goods for 20 cents yard, just
90 to the New York Store
Heavy diagonal cloaks trimmed with astri-
can, only 1915, worth $3.50.
Heavy brocaded cloaks, fur trimmed, only
$1,000, worth 500
All wool Wisconsin shirting flannel, only
25c. yard
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-22

One OF the teachers OF this count,
| writes that his absence from the institut,
was unavoidable and that the patrons o
his school are disposed to question hi!
| interest IN his work because his name die
not appear in the list of those who at
tended continuously while the institute
was In session. 1t is too bad that every
school has not patrons equally critical.
! But this teacher may console himself
| by knowing that his record makes the
| comments upon teachers who fail to make
preparation for their work, wholly inap-
pllcable to him. His work, should it be
| as good II the future as it has been In
the past, will be complete Offset to any
| misunderstanding from which he may
suffer at present. If some of the indif-
ferent would manifest this sensitiveness
to criticism 1t would be hopeful sign.
Those who need the instruction most are
the persons who most studiously avoid it.
At one examination district five appli-
cants for certificates, all having schools
engaged which were to open In October
next, had never read the Course of In
structlon for country schools. Two 9TH
ers were found in another examination
district. Some admitted they had not
the falntest idea of what work they should
do the first school day, but were conf
dent of success if they were permitted to
teach.
This is the discouraging feature of the
work. School boards demand no profess
slonal qualifications, no preparation on
the part of those making their first at
tempt, and the examinations are crowded
with class of applicants who are unable
to understand the questions, from actual
inability to comprehend the meaning of
ordinary words. Their failure is very
conveniently charged to the difficulty of
the examination. They often copy ques-
tons with such utter disregard of orthog-
raphy or punctuation, making substitu-
ton OF words which make the queerest
conglomeration imaginable, and preser
those as specimens of questions pro-
pounded. And these often have schools
engaged and are awaiting certificates so
as to open school" with the approval of
the board.
1t is not the incompetent teachers one
has to fight, so much as it is the school
boards, who persist in sending material
of this sort to examinations. There are
teachers enough in the county capable of
getting certificates, willing to attend in
stitutes, feeling it their duty to at least
read the Course of Instruction. little
manual which guides them in their work
and which is furnished gratis; why not
employ them and let the others wait
until they are at least able to read ordi-
nary English with intelligence and speak
it with some degree of correctness?
This perpetual warfare against incom-
potency backed by school boards, is be-
coming exceedingly tiresome. At every
examination there are a number of teach
ers anxious to get their standing right
away" because they have schools engaged
and want to tell the boards whether they
can teach or not. And this while there
are teachers holding good certificates
in vain for schools which have
not been taken"